2021 Georgia Code
Title 47 - Retirement and Pensions
Chapter 12 - District Attorneys Emeritus and the District Attorneys Retirement Fund of Georgia
Article 4 - Eligibility for Appointment as District Attorney Emeritus
§ 47-12-64. Credit for Service in the Armed Forces of the United States During Certain National Emergencies; Payments Required in Order to Obtain Such Credit
In computing years of service as a district attorney, credit shall be given for services in the armed forces of the United States occasioned by only one of the following national emergencies: World War I, World War II, or the Korean Conflict. Such credit shall be given upon payment into the fund of the maximum payments provided under Code Section 47-12-41 for each year or fraction of a year of such service in the armed forces, together with 6 percent simple interest on such amount for each year from the beginning of his service as a district attorney until the date such contributions are paid into the fund. The district attorney shall receive a credit of one year for each year or fraction of year of such service for which contribution into the fund has been made. Such payment shall be made no later than January 1, 1976.
(Ga. L. 1958, p. 163, § 2; Ga. L. 1964, p. 366, § 1; Ga. L. 1975, p. 1632, § 4; Ga. L. 1993, p. 86, § 1.)
Cross references.- Creditable service not allowed for military service from which discharge was other than honorable, § 47-1-11.
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Length of service creditable.
- As long as the district attorney's service in the armed forces was occasioned by, or began during, the national emergency of World War II, the entire length of such service may be used in computing credit for service to become a district attorney emeritus. 1972 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 72-14.
Contributions for partial year authorized.
- Statute authorizes a member of the District Attorneys Retirement Fund of Georgia to make contributions into that fund for only a partial year of military service. 1975 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 75-133 (see O.C.G.A. § 47-12-64).
ROTC service not creditable.- Participation in advanced training in the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps prior to entry into the active service of the United States Army is not creditable service under the District Attorneys Retirement Fund of Georgia. 1975 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U75-60.
